First-time Boston Marathon runner, Northeastern student Charlie Adams raises thousands for cancer research

First-time Boston Marathon runner, Northeastern student Charlie Adams raises thousands for cancer research

Eighteen weeks ago, Charlie Adams wouldn’t have considered himself a long-distance runner; but on April 21, he will run the Boston Marathon. Charles, or “Charlie,” Adams, a third-year industrial engineering major born and raised in Falmouth, Maine, always dreamed of running the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual event of its kind. Although he’s always considered himself an athlete, playing soccer and hockey in high school and frequenting…