I'd like to see a mountain top finish on Mount Hamilton with an ascent of the back side. If the race had come through a day or two later it would have looked sort of like this:
Credits: Lick Observatory Cam #2
I'd also like to see a race down the peninsula from to Santa Cruz with a finish at UCSC. In addition to Kings Mountain, they could do either Alba Rd. or Jamison Creek Rd. out of Boulder Creek.