[3] In 1980, Willock retired from professional cycling in order to build a house, but returned to the sport the following year.
[5] In the same year, he came second in the Whistler two-day 220 km cycle race, finishing behind his brother Bernie.
[8] In the same year, he finished second at the British Columbian road racing championships, and came seventh at the Tour de Québec.
[4] He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics,[9] after setting a Canadian national record of 2:04:21 in the country's Olympic trial event,[10][11] which was faster than the Canadian qualifying time of 2:07:00.
[13] Aside from sport, Willock has worked as a boat builder in Sidney, British Columbia.