Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Julian ki Taumarunui, i whakangungu ia i raro i te kaiako rongonui a Arthur Lydiard, ā, i whakataetae ia i te Marathon i te
1960 Summer Olympics i Roma, i te wahi i mutu ia 18th me e wha tau i muri mai i te 1964 Summer Olympics i Tokyo, mutu i roto i te 29th wahi, Julian i pouri ki te kore e tīpakohia mō te 1968 Summer Olympics, a ka hanga i te tono kōwhiringa angitu mō te 1972 Summer Olympics.