Hey im 16 very active l play volleyball all year round. My boss at my job just offered me and amazing opportunity as a raise to go and run a 1/2 marathon in San Fran. l really wanna go but l absolutely despise running. Please if you have any ideas for training or anything that would help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

You have to know that running a half-marathon is totally different than just doing sport, especially volley. Running needs a lot of endurance & u have to be psychologically strong to finish the race. Volley-ball might keeps u in shape but it is not a sport that improves ur endurance.

So, u have to train yourself hard to be ready for the race. I've done three half-marathon & i'm 16..but l do a lot of sports that need endurance as jogging & rowing..

If u want to be ready, & would like to finish the race without too much pain & within a good chrono, u have to run.
Run at least 4 times a week for 30 minutes (at the beginning) at a pace that you're comfortable with, but which makes u work hard. You have to maintain that pace all the run long, DO NOT DECELERATE!
Try to do a long run a week: 11-13 kms to improve u endurance

Do not overtrain yourself, ur performance would decrease..
Try to find someone who has the same pace than you.Training & racing with a friend will help u to do not abandon..
If you're alone, try to bring at least some music with you.personnally, l have a ipod shuffle: very light & u can clip it on ur shorts so you're not disturbed by it..
have good running shoes, conceived for running...
finally, run in nice places as parks, near from a river, on a beach..
It would be a good idea to run a 10kms race before the half-marathon to see if you're able to run long distance..10km is'nt as hard as half-marathon, but it is a first step.
do not start too fast, u will lose all ur energy to finish the race.

and: water, water & water!

The other answerer has given u great advise, l am only answering to put emphasis on one of her points, a point which is not often stressed enough: DON'T OVERTRAIN! Even professionals fall prey to this mistake. It is better to go into a race being 10% undertrained than 1% overtrained.

Remember, you're technically a beginner at this. You're probably not going to win this race, you're going to have a good showing & then enjoy a free trip to San Fran. Get yourself into shape slowly, do not do anything to risk injury, & go enjoy ur first long race. Who knows, u might get hooked on running if u ease into it & enjoy this!