
The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper stretches before a run
I love when my two favourite activities (running and TV viewing) intersect. It happened again last week.
In an effort to live forever, or at least until the Singularity (when his consciousness could be moved to a robot for eternal life), Sheldon goes an ill-conceived health kick. That’s right, Sheldon Cooper took up jogging.
Running is a natural first pick activity for Sheldon, with his extensive background in the sport. In his own words, I’ve run from bullies, dogs, angry chickens and one particularly persistent PE teacher determined to bend me over and give me a scoliosis test.
His reluctant trainer, next-door neighbour Penny, follows this well-known plan: I just run until I’m hungry, and then I stop for a bear claw, which Wikipedia tells me is a pastry popular in the US.
Sheldon’s running outfit, complete with black dress socks, Flash t-shirt (a happy coincidence as it was Flash t-shirt day anyway) and technology, is sure to aid any ambitious new runner with goals of immortality. As Penny guides him through a series of stretches she asks, can you do this (weird yoga pose) and he dryly replies, “we’ll never know“.
Sheldon studied up on biomechanics (which is good, because his are terrible), but we’ll also never know if he can really run ….
Title Reference: Barenaked Ladies – The Big Bang Theory. 2007.
TV Reference: The Big Bang Theory, Season 4, Episode 2, Veggie Fail. September 2010.