Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Julian an haife shi ne a Taumarunui, ya horar da shi a ƙarƙashin almara Arthur Lydiard kuma ya yi gasa a Marathon a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1960 a Rome, inda ya gama na 18 da shekaru hudu daga baya a gasar Olympics ta Turai.
Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1964 a Tokyo, wanda ya gama a matsayi na 29, Julian ya yi baƙin ciki da ba a zaɓe shi ba don wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1968 kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin zaɓen da ba a yi nasara ba don wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1972.