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For me I remember the course by simply remembering the major sections such as start, slalom (start on left), right turns, slalom (start on right), left turns, carousel, 180, etc. All this does it get me thinking about the rough layout. My first run will never be the perfect line, simply a baseline to see where the course is and what major areas I can improve on. Even if I could remember the course perfectly and remember the line I want to take, it would never match up with the instinct that comes into play when I'm actually driving at speed. After a few runs the course starts to "shrink" and that's when I focus on the line.
I always walk the course twice and I do not talk about anything except the course during my walks.
The line doesn't mean anything until you know the course. Focus on your first run being clean and forget about the time. It's hard to learn and improve your line when you are focused on where you DNF'ed.
IMHO, it's easy for people to focus on driving the car to its limits, when they should be focusing on driving the car through the course.
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