Thanks a lot for looking, jobob. The ride leaders kept warning us that the animals were really, really steep, and they did not lie :-) There were some very fun rolling hills that preceded the animals, although I couldn't tell you what road that was...Paseo Padre?

I am actually glad that I am in total ignorance about most of those training routes- I live in Oakland and Fremont is like a foreign land to me. If I know how hard a ride's going to be, I psyche myself out and perform a lot more poorly than if I just dumbly follow a group without knowing what's coming next.