Amy Hall and Megan Vose spent last Saturday dabbing puff paint and fabric markers on T-shirts with friends and family, talking about their old times, current gossip and their upcoming attempt at the Boston Marathon.

And, of course, their friend Laura.

In January, 27-year-old Laura Vogel, originally from Standish, went on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic where the flatbed truck she was riding in overturned. Vogel, who was also a nurse at Maine Medical Center in Portland, was in the back of the truck and was killed, sending shock waves back to her home state.

Vose decided to run the Boston Marathon in honor of her friend.

“It was always one of her dreams to run a marathon,” said Hall, 29, of Portland.

Vose, 25, had run a half-marathon with Vogel and knew it would be tough to train in the cold winter months. She asked Hall, who ran in a marathon a year and a half ago, to join her and the two formed Team Laura. On Monday, Vose and Hall will run the 26- mile, 385-yard Boston Marathon in Vogel’s honor.

“We hope it’s going to be fun running 26 miles,” said Vose. Both she and Hall work as financial analysts.

She and Hall have been training by making outdoor runs for the last two months. The two recently ran a chilly, 16-mile loop from Vose’s house in Windham to Gray and back.

“It’s taking a toll on our knees,” said Hall. She and Vose said the strain of their long training runs will sap them of their energy for an entire day.

Vose said when they need inspiration to go on, they call out to Vogel and her memory keeps them moving. Vose said while she runs, she uses a hair elastic Vogel lent her to keep her brown locks out of her eyes.

She will be wearing it in Boston on Monday.

Vose and Hall hosted the T-shirt-making party at Vose’s house last Saturday to create apparel for Monday’s trek. The two runners and their well-wishers will wear the shirts during the marathon, whether they are in Boston in person or spirit.

The get-together included all the necessary trappings, pink paint stains on the tablecloth, husbands and boyfriends sequestered in the den watching basketball, chips and dip in the kitchen and Laura’s parents, Monty and Beth Vogel of Standish.

“They’ve been a real super group of friends,” said Monty Vogel, while standing next to his wife.

“It’s an honor for Laura, that’s all that counts,” he said.