Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Julian akaberekerwa kuTaumarunui, akadzidziswa naArthur Lydiard ane mukurumbira uye akakwikwidza mumakwikwi eMarathon kumaOlympics ezhizha ra1960 muRome, kwaakapedza ari wechi18 uye makore mana gare gare kumaOlympics ezhizha ra1964
muTokyo, achipedza ari pachinzvimbo chechi29, Julian akaodzwa mwoyo kuti haana kusarudzwa nokuda kweMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1968 uye akaita chisarudzo chisina kubudirira nokuda kweMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1972.