# @vtrecsports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrkvI_nrRA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2462708-vtrecsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-01-05T22:56:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Virginia Tech Rec Sports (@VTRecSports) — https://gondola.cc/VTRecSports

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“Rec Sports has been the highlight of my college career without a doubt. It’s pushed me to be active. I was always active, but it was always a side thing, but now it’s a big priority for me. And I think being active has pushed me towards being more interested in the outdoors and nature and hiking and things like that because it comes more natural to me. I don't really feel like I have a limit of, ‘This is something I can’t physically do,’ which is exciting to me; I have gained that mentality from my involvement with Rec Sports.”
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Senior Lara Kornblut has always had an appetite for traveling. Being a dual citizen in Russia and the United States, that passion stemmed from a young age, but has only grown as she has gotten older.
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“[Having a passion for adventure] is my whole vibe. [Growing up in Russia and America] definitely did [spur that]. I have been traveling my whole life, but when I was younger in like second and third grade, we started going to Egypt and Turkey. I just really started to fall in love with this idea of travel, but I wanted to do it in my own way. My mom’s whole thing was that if I planned something, we could go. So, that’s what I started to do. I would create these long plans about things I was interested in and in places I wanted to go and places I had heard about.”
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“I think my travel preferences have been shifting so much overtime. Now my whole adventure thing is that I don’t just want to see things, I want to experience raw, authentic culture. I don’t want to stay at nice hotels, I want to stay at local businesses and have local experiences. I’ve seen enough good and bad from places that I don’t just want to see the pretty photos, I want to get an idea of how these people live.”
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To read Lara's full story, check the link in our bio!
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#HokieFeature: Lara Kornblut / Group Fitness Supervisor & Instructor / Avid Traveler / Aspiring Survivor Game Participant / Facilities Staff / Class of 2021

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