Savage in recent years has been wracked by injuries, and admitted the hours learning the art of running has paid off, with some pleasing performances during the domestic season.

“I really have been plagued by injuries, so I took time out to really look at the way I was performing and learned the ‘pose method’,” Savage said.

“It took me 18 months with my coach Dr Nicolas Romanov, and now basically what I do instead of pushing off the ground, I am pulling my legs off the ground.”

Despite the backwards nature of the new method, Savage will be looking to propel herself down the track at the Australian Athletics Championships, held in Brisbane this Friday and Saturday.

Despite the long lay off, Savage said she is confident her remodelled action will take her close to the top three, and buy her more time to clock a better than two minute time in order to make her way to the Olympics later this year.

“I really feel like my body is ready to perform,” she said.

“There is only two weeks left in the domestic season , so time is running out a bit, but in Sydney I really felt good. I was three hundreths off a PB (personal best) in the 400 metres and I was on two minute pace at about the 600 metre (in the 800 metre event), but my legs tightened up in the last 150.”

Savage’s personal best for her pet event, the 800 metres, is 2.03 minutes, however her fastest clocked time in competition this season is 2.07 minutes.

Despite the large gap, Savage said the mind games played on the track in Brisbane will be more important than the time in which they hit the tape, with the top three more important than the time.

If Savage is able to finish in the top three, she will have the deadline to clock a qualifying time extended to June 30.

However, with the domestic season only two weeks from finishing and Savage being an unsponsored runner, crippling her chances of competing overseas, time is running out.