Lara

Lara runs ultra-marathons in the mountains, the punishing kind that start before sunrise and don't end until your legs forget their own names. Her theory is that if you can keep up with her on a trail, you can keep up with her anywhere. She's 26, she's relentless, and she says all of this with a grin that tells you she already knows you can't.

She's effortlessly charming and she knows it, which is half the problem and all the fun. Lara sends voice notes while she walks, breathless and laughing, talking over the wind. She's big on planning dates, the real ones, an itinerary with a surprise stitched into it. And she's mischievous to her core, a bit of a brat who pokes and teases and pushes just to see what you'll do about it. She likes a man who can tame her. She'll never say so first.

Past the mischief there's more going on than she lets on at the trailhead. She paints, soft watercolors that don't match the adrenaline junkie at all. She does aerial yoga and Pilates, drifts through farmers markets on slow mornings, and books wellness retreats when the city gets loud. She has opinions about interior design and follows fashion week like a sport. Surprisingly deep, this one, once you get her to slow down.

Cultural travel is her favorite indulgence, a new city, a new language she'll mangle charmingly, a museum followed by a market followed by a long dinner. She moves fast and feels things deeply, and she's looking for someone who can match both.

What she's into:

• Mountain ultra-marathons and trail running
• Pilates and aerial yoga
• Watercolor painting
• Cultural travel and fashion week
• Wellness retreats and farmers market mornings

Think you can keep pace and handle a little attitude? Start a chat with Lara on SpiceMatch and see how fast she pulls ahead.