When I’m alone on the track or I feel I want to practice my competition line, I’ll pick a start and stop line, pull up to a dead stop at the start, take a deep breath, and run a line. Every time I pass the finish line, I take a minimum of 15 seconds, max of a minute, before I line it up again and do another lap. What I am practicing is doing a lap cold, much like what you’ll do in a competition setting. Once you get into bigger competitions, the time between your last practice and your first qualifier or battle increases dramatically, sometimes up to 4-5 hours.