Evolve Endurance Festival - Group Evolution

2026 evolve endurance festival

Join our festival

We are opening our gates once again to all who love endurance sports - join us at our fairytale Chateau in the Loire. You can camp, bring your mobile home or stay at our Chateau. Bring the family or come alone. Have a full week's coached training, join in the swim, cycle or run programmes or just a few sessions. And you can race the Century Ride, Half Marathon, 3km Swim or all three! Entry to our local triathlon, for kids and adults, is included.

There will be experienced coaches, ride leaders and sports scientists on site and live music and events throughout the week. You will have access to our swimming pool, running trail and performance gym and be able to relax on our 27 acre estate, enjoying the best that the Loire has to offer. We have some great partners alongside us for 2026.

A maximum of 100 guests will stay with us, in our wonderful Chateau, set in 27 acres of picturesque parkland grounds. For those in the Chateau, choose half board or full board options.

The perfect early summer break.

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accommodation options

Our endurance festival has options for all budgets and all travellers. You can stay in our stunning nineteenth Chateau, enjoying our boutique, spacious, luxury en-suite accommodation. Or you can bring your caravan or RV and rent a pitch for the week on-site. Finally you can camp on-site, pitching your tent and watching the stars. Camping and caravan pitches are for up to 4 people for the festival, with additional charges for more people on request.

Everyone can enjoy all the facilities on-site, including shower and toilet blocks and electricity, alongside the pool, gym, fishing lake and running trail.

coaching options

During the week there will be a series of swim-bike-run clinics for adults and children - beginners, intermediates and advanced athletes. Swim sessions will be led by Swim Generation and Group Evolution, bike rides by local ride leaders and Forge 1860 and run clinics led by Group Evolution and our run sponsor. There will also be daily rides and runs plus strength and conditioning, yoga and pilates classes. Places will be limited so we will open a festival program one month beofre the Festival, where you will be able to choose the sessions you wish to join in on.

Additionally, Group Evolution and its partners will be running a series of 1-2-1 sessions to assess your overall strength and conditioning and your swim-bike-run technique. Using some of the latest sports sceince techniques you can get your swim stroke analysed your running gait reviewed and your bike fit honed, you can even have your bike aerodynamics checked.

For those that want to relax there will be massage sessions and other treatments on site. And for the adventurous excursions and activities to local Chateaux, vineyards and markets will be organised, during the week.

Race options

Come to our Chateau ready to take on the challenges that await. We will be supporting a 100 mile bike ride into the Alpes Mancelles, a half marathon along the traffic-free Mayenne towpath and a 3km swim at a local open water swimming lake. The local triathlon takes place on Bastille Day, with supersprint and sprint races for adults and kids that attracts over 500 competitors annually. We are proud to sponsor this closed road, brilliantly organised event.

Sleep, train, compete, have fun, repeat!

THE VENUE

Chateau de la Motte Henry is a beautiful, 19^th Century Chateau set in over 9 hectares of glorious parkland in the Pays de la Loire. Easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe, the Chateau is equipped with first class health, fitness and leisure facilities to allow guests to relax and reenergise. The spacious accommodation remains true to the Chateau’s heritage, updated for modern convenience.

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