Date Lab: If this was the best, we have concerns.

About the daters ...

Fitness routine ...

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Ilana: I’ve been a lifelong health and fitness fan. I’m also a former NCAA athlete!

Micah: Running, biking, rock climbing, mountaineering, swimming, weight lifting, the list goes on.

Happiest when ...

Ilana: Watching UCLA basketball in Pauley Pavilion with my Dad. Doing what I love with someone I love.

Micah: Getting in the zone on a good run. Climbing in the mountains. Performing a solid set of music to a receptive audience. Basically doing the things I love doing.

Your type ...

Ilana: I like a man who appreciates his family, has goals and a drive, has good manners and is considerate of others, is financially responsible, has a social life, is positive, and can be perfectly happy enjoying the outdoors, going to the game, or just staying in.

Micah: She’s gotta appreciate the outdoors and being active. If she appreciates good indie, classic rock, and singer-songwriter music, that’s super great, too. A love of adventure and travel is a plus. Jewish (not a requirement, but much appreciated).

Interests to Share ...

Ilana: I want to explore D.C., as I’m new here, and hopefully do it outside or via the sports and/or beer scene!

Micah: Outdoors, climbing, running, biking, definitely good-quality music. She should be somewhat introspective, though if she was too much, that would be a bad thing.

About the date ...

8 p.m., Cedar Restaurant, Chinatown

Micah: Normally before any sort of date, I exercise or do something, so I went on a nice 27-mile bike ride, nothing special, then showered up and headed out to the date. I ended up getting there slightly early. I sat down and just sort of hung out.

Ilana: I was a little bit late by a few minutes. I didn’t see him initially, and then when I did see him, his back was facing me, so I didn’t see his face until after I walked over.

Micah: We were introduced. I think I went for a handshake, and then we did some sort of awkward hug thing. I don’t know that I have a type, but I wouldn’t say she is the type of person that I’m really attracted to. She didn’t smile that much, and I’m a pretty happy person. That kind of threw me off. [But] at that point, I was like, “I’ll just try to make it as fun as possible.”

Ilana: He was pretty cute, probably not exactly my type ... usually I’m [into] a little taller. We got drinks and he was pretty quiet. I just asked questions and he answered, but he didn’t ask back, so it took a while to warm him up. I think it probably took longer than I would have liked. It was awkward.

Micah: It felt like an interview. She’d ask me a question and I’d answer it, and I’d throw it back to her. I’m pretty conversational, I like to discuss things. I’m not usually a question-and-answer type. I don’t like to make quick judgments, but I sort of had the feeling once I started talking to her that she wasn’t going to be someone I was interested in. It was partly that she was just not very enthusiastic.

Ilana:He’s still in school so we talked about that a little bit. We talked about both of our Jewish upbringing. He was kind of blunt about it. He was like, “So, I’m just going to guess, you’re Jewish, right?” We talked a lot about the outdoor activities we liked in terms of hiking, biking, stuff like that.