The Warriors became the first Scottish side ever to lift the GUINNESS PRO12 trophy with the win, and the head coach was speaking to 1500 supporters who gathered in George Square to toast their heroes' triumph.
And despite it being a matter of days rather than weeks since their success, Townsend insists their title defence has already begun.
"We do things differently and next season started on Wednesday," he said. "So that was a ten-day break but we'll have time off again in July.
"We did it last year and it worked really well. We want to build on that because the guys were fitter and stronger.
"We have to make sure there isn't a comedown. As coaches and players we need to work harder than we did before.
"What we've achieved is down to effort and we looked stronger and fitter in the second half of games and that was down to the work we did in pre-season and during the campaign.
"We had it as a goal to become the first Scottish team to win the title. A lot of why it didn't work last year can be put down to me. We focused on the occasion too much and I learned a big lesson from that.
"This year we knew we had to focus on the game and there was a calmness and confidence about us."
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