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Хотя means although or even though. It introduces a contrast:
- Хотя у меня было мало времени = Although I had little time
- мне удалось... = I managed to...
So the sentence has the structure:
- Although X, Y
In Russian, a clause introduced by хотя is normally separated by a comma from the main clause, which is why there is a comma after времени.
Russian usually does not express possession the way English does with I have. Instead, it often uses the pattern:
- у + genitive + есть / было / будет
So:
- у меня было мало времени literally means something like by me there was little time
- natural English: I had little time
The verb иметь does exist and means to have, but in everyday Russian it is much less common in this kind of sentence. Using у меня было... sounds much more natural.