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THE Hunt is Sun Woman’s weekly look at what’s happening out on the singles scene.

LAURA STOTT, our 29-year-old singleton, is determined to find love and will try anything to find her dream man.

This week she checked out fitness-singles.com in her search for a bloke to set her pulse racing.

I AM hardly in the same league as Paula Radcliffe but keeping fit is important to me.

I had high hopes of finding a like-minded sporty single on new website fitness-singles.com .

With more than 100,000 members in the UK, I was hopeful of meeting someone with similar interests.

And it didn’t hurt that most of the men on the site have great biceps and fit bodies.

It works the same way as a typical internet dating site — you register, post a photo and leave your profile.

Where it differs is that people talk about their sporting achievements and the photos show singles doing sporty stuff. I opted for a safe headshot.

There’s a real mix of people — from fans of more unusual sports such as martial arts, water polo and curling, to more everyday exercise lovers listing football, swimming and tennis.

There were also quite a few in training for next month’s London Marathon although I feared being invited on a 20-mile “warm-up” jog for a first date.

Within a few days I received 12 messages from some seriously good-looking guys.

“Runningman” looked interesting — except he lived in Scotland, a bit far for this London girl to go for a work-out.

The other profile which caught my eye was from Josh21, a 30-year-old photographer who had a great smile and liked outdoor sports. He also lived locally.

After chatting online for a couple of weeks we arranged a date — at Josh’s gym.

I’ll admit I was nervous. I’ve had a few internet dating disasters in the past. He’d also suggested a game of squash which I’d never played before.

Josh turned out to be even nicer in the flesh than his photo. And squash was a great ice-breaker though I was pretty rubbish.

But we had a real laugh and Josh even let me score a few points.

Afterwards we went for a bite to eat and a glass of wine. It was a great date and I’m keeping my fingers crossed we meet for another work-out soon.

THIS WEEK’S TALLY: 12 emails and one date.

POTENTIAL FOR LOVE: A great site for sporty singles, or just those who like a fit man.

DATE UPDATE: After my great day at the races last week, my single friends have all arranged to go again very soon.

Email Laura with your dating ideas at dating@the-sun.co.uk .