This weekend started with tragedy at a cycling race in western North Carolina.

http://www.wxii12.com/news/28488486/detail.html

Erik Lie-Nielsen, a faculty physician and friend from Wake Forest, was killed in a crash while competing in a metric century in the mountains in NC.  He lost control of his bike of a steep decent, and collided with an oncoming car. 

He left behind 5 year old twins, adoring patients, and colleagues and friends who know he was one of a kind.  He loved his patients, his job, and most of all his children.  Everything Erik did was with joy, passion, and infectious enthusiasm.  He loved his new bike.  He drank Diet Dr. Pepper every day.  He was too tall for most of his pants.  And he died far too soon.

Keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

And ride safe.