Hitting the Wall

I recently ran a marathon...if you count May as being recent. Since I ran this marathon I've actually only ran three times, the latest being this past Wednesday on my day off. I have the mind set of "I was in good shape before the marathon, I did just run a marathon, so I'm still in just as good of shape." Makes sense right? WRONG!!! When I left my house I was feeling really good, hydrated, rested, shoes on tight but not too tight, just really ready for a nice long run. I started at a pace that was way too fast, I think I was doing a 7-8 minute mile pace, which I was usually do 10 min miles when I training for and actually running the marathon, bad idea...but it was down hill, it was natural...but then once I got to the bottom of the hill I realized that I needed to go back up. I think I made it about 100 yards before I "hit the wall." There was no way I could run all the way back where I just came from. This sucked because I was pretty far from my house at this time and had to face the reality of the long walk back. This sucks for me because I had to face the reality that I have lost a lot of what I had gained at the beginning of the year...and that also means I need to run more, but I've gotten pretty lazy and there's so much good stuff on TV right now with the new seasons starting...