I even dreamed about bicycling last night--going up ramps and stairs in a very tall building

I was mainly planning on using the bike to go into town and grocery shop. It's an 8 mile roundtrip on the back road with an elevation gain of around 400 feet. (My "big" ride the other day had an elevation gain of 908' for comparison.) I carry big waterproof panniers on the back and a largish bag on the handlebars. I can't think the extra weight is much of a detriment since I myself am about 40 lbs overweight!

I'm going to try to add a photo:
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The reason I know the elevation gain is that I bought a Garmin 450 and mounted it on the handlebars so I wouldn't get lost! I did this after my husband and I were mushroom hunting last month and he got lost and we didn't find him until the next day! He is 82 and on insulin and Coumadin and half blind so it was dicey. If anyone wants to read one son's report, it's here: http://www.splattski.com/2012/sar/index.html

Is it crazy to have the idea of riding the century at my age (which is 65, much younger than my husband)? I'm sort of imagining I could work up to it by next summer.