Paul (and everyone else),
It's hard to say what will be going on for the next few months. As you may have noticed, Brian's kids are getting older and he has less free time on weekends to lead runs. He mentioned a while back that he's down to maybe one weekend a month, if that.
There are many of us who don't generally get to the runs in the summer for lots of reasons, myself included. For many here the summer is the time when they can spend weekends with family, with kids out of school and such. Many have vacations planned too. For some it's just too hot out there.
Once the weather in the desert cools back off I know that I'll be heading out often to places like Anza Borrego and Joshua Tree, and we'll have more runs. Of course, if I'm leading they might be too tame (easy) for some of you. Maybe someone else can lead some trips out there to the more difficult trails.
This has always been a fairly loosely organized club, and there is no reason why you or anyone else could not post up an idea and/or lead a run. There are plenty of places to go in So Cal in the summer, and there is no shortage of guidebooks out there with ideas. This probably doesn't need to be said, but it's not as if we have any sort of full-time staff setting up runs, so there may well be months when no one is available to set something up. It looks like summers are going to be that way unless someone new steps up.
If someone is not comfortable leading a run, but has an idea of a place they would like to go, why not post up a date, time and description of the trail, and see if there is interest in others joining? Just please try to be clear on what is going on, so that someone doesn't show up expecting something completely different. Maybe use some of the earlier run postings as examples of how much information to provide.
I would like to hear what other have to say about this. All ideas are welcome.
And Paul, as to your personal problem (that is, Noon threatening you with violence) all I can say is: run. Oh wait, you have bad knees don't you? I guess you're just screwed. Why do I have a feeling she knows how to inflict some serious pain?
Sounds like you need to just take her camping someplace, and soon.
