ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The inaugural Run the Runway Mutt Strut event was Saturday morning at the Double Eagle II Airport. It was marked by a celebration of people and their dogs, as well as the airport's expansion. One hundred and twenty people and 50 dogs participated in the 5k run.

"This is my first time to the airport," runners Agapito and Moose Lopez said. "I thought it was a small little airport, and it's a lot bigger than I thought. When we went down the first runway, I was like, 'This is pretty small. But then we got to the big runway and I was like, 'Wow, this is massive."

Agapito and Moose finished in second place in the 3.1-mile run. "I was like, 'I wanna do a race with him,'" Agapito said. "I'm always running alone unless I'm training with him. So I was wondering how he wo

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