I have a team of doctors, physical therapists, and surgeons I've worked with from day 1 of the injury in July 2014 to now, and they all have different opinions. I have heard "you can't run yet" to "do whatever you want, safely". Thank goodness I have a degree in kinesiology and know my body well! While no one, me most of all, wants to see me reinjure my knee, we all want to see progress. I was stalling. So I took matters into my own hands and hoped years of muscle memory could help get me over this plateau. I started with walking. Then jogged 10 feet, then 100 feet, a week later I jogged a little farther. Each time my stride evened out and I felt less awkward.
Today, I jogged a full mile without stopping. It was slow, but it is progress! I'm sticking to flat land, going straight, and icing and stretching and still lots of bike riding but I am doing it. My knee is actually feeling better for it too. I usually give 24-36 hours rest in between and I listen to my body, I'm not interested in pushing too many boundaries at once. Jogging lit up EVERY muscle and I've been resting like crazy too.
I feel like so many of these blogs are full of while I can do this, I still CANT do ... So I wanted a completely positive one. The journey to a fully healed knee is still a long one but I am getting past pain and despair and back to trusting my muscles, strengthening them, and a better state of mind each day. Don't give up! I'm still in PT and I get massages regularly as well as dry needling. But progress is being made! 
I even signed up for a fun 5k in July :)
