A Bowl of Destiny, until this morning, was only a menu option from a Japanese restaurant in Brussels. Now, however, there is another meaning. We had 2 Bowls of Destiny at the Chatterbox today and they, collectively, imposed their will on the PAX present. Coupon movements, running/crawling routes and the formation of brief partnerships were left to the fates and the bowls. They did not disappoint.

The Chatterbox’s first secret stash of coupons was insufficient so we improvised a little to gather up the requisite number. In haste, YHC commenced the warm-o-rama while several PAX were still getting coupons. Apologies. We were done by the time the last of them showed up to the circle.

WOR

SSH’s

IW’s

WP’s

sungods

Michael Phelps

THE THANG

Each round had two sets for each PAX on a team. PAX 1 moved while PAX 2 performed a coupon exercise. We had 50 possible combinations for each Dora round. Despite this generous chance for variety, at some point in there Bosox managed to combine manmakers with bearcrawls/crawlsbears. The PAX were not pleased.

Coupon options

Curls 50

Stepback lunges single count 40

Doddy’s 30

Lbc’s 50

Overhead press 50

Chest press 50

Deadlift 40

Squats 30

Thrusters 25

Manmakers 15

Movement options

Run to top of hill and back

Bernie sanders to 2nd speed bump and run back

Run trail loop

Bear crawl to fence and crawl bear back

Lunge walk to fence and back

After every two sets, we switched exercises and partners, returning to the Bowls of Destiny for guidance.

We completed 6-7 rounds, dropped off the coupons and moseyed back to the flag for a little Merry, including Narco’s never ending flutter kicks and Surf-N-Turf’s egotistical “surf-n-turfs.” Bosox, with the wisdom that comes with age, finished us off with LBC’s until time expired.

6th man Chevy was brief, allowing us time to hear from and name his FNG/2.0 Chevette. Prayers for Mouth-2-Mouth’s upcoming surgery and a reminder from Bosox to use good judgment when running. A quick closing prayer, some coffee and it was on to whatever comes next today.

Highlights:

Lizard King’s bad mood. YHC assumed it was because he was angry at the difficulty of the workout. However, 2.0 Doubledribble assured YHC that the workout was rather easy. Could have been my Johnny Cash comment.

Doubledribble smoked Lexi in a run, forcing Lexi to stoop to the trope, “Well, it’s because I’m 2.5 times older than you.”

Pig Knuckle, back from a week off, appeared on the verge of collapse for a good part of the BD. That was fun to see.

YHC expressed joy at seeing Narco back at it and may have, in a moment of over sharing, confessed he liked it when Narco was slightly hobbled in his running.

Bosox questioned the playlist (excellent as always), reminding us that REO Speedwagon wrote “Messin Around,’ not Pitbull. 2.0 later confided to YHC that the PAX in general seemed not to enjoy the randomness of the tunes. Saluki mistook Eddie Vedder for Creed, an almost unforgiveable slip.

Speaking of Saluki, a big shout out to him and Honeypot for not quitting this one at the half way point, as had become their custom.

Another extra big shout out to Chevette and Spiderboy, the tiniest of PAX but with the biggest of hearts. And, to Mr. Tumnus,  the 4-legged PAX: well done on the running but your Bernie Sanders’ need work.

A chatterbox Q feels like a rite of passage and YHC is honored to have had the chance to lead and participate with a fantastic group of men. Thank you and Godspeed for the day.