In appalling conditions, Ballarat husband-and-wife runners Nathan and Patricia Fox captured a memorable feature sprint double.

Nathan continued his good form on the Victorian Athletics League circuit with victory in the Bendigo Thousand (120m), while Patricia broke through for victory in the women's 120m classic.

The wins are believed to be the first sprint double won by a husband-and-wife pair on the VAL circuit.

Nathan, racing off a mark of 9.75m, held off Corwin Pusch (7m) and Douglas Greenough (nine and a half metres), to win in 12.78sec.

The 27-year-old said he had to change his running style to adapt to the soggy conditions.

"They were probably the worst conditions I have seen."

"Around the outside of the track, the 400m, was absolutely covered in water and then bits of the (120m) track were covered in water as well," he said

"As soon as I got onto the track and realised it was so soft, I changed tactics to try and get across the top of it as softly as I could.

"You usually try and claw the track, but it was like running on sand."

Nathan's victory is his fourth on the professional running circuit, and overtakes his Ballarat novice 120m win as his most important.

Patricia qualified as one of the fastest second-place-getters in her heat, before winning the final ahead of coach Robert Lehmann's wife Narelle.

Nathan and Patricia joined the Lehmann stable at the start of this season.

"It was good to get the double. When Trish got her win there was a bit of pressure on there," Nathan said.

"Bendigo was one of the ones we had picked out to try and get."

Patricia's victory follows her 300m success at Sandringham.

The pair, who were married last year, will race at Cranbourne this weekend en route to likely Stawell, Ararat and Ballarat campaigns before the end of the season.