Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta sanya hannu don Ras Al Khaimah Rabin Marathon a watan Fabrairun 2008 kuma tseren dabarun ya haifar da Atsede ya rubuta lokaci ɗaya kamar Salina Kosgei da Pamela Chepchumba, tare da Habasha ta ɗauki matsayi na uku a kan podium. Ta sake daukar 'yan wasan biyu wata daya bayan haka a Rabin Marathon na Lisbon amma, yayin da' yan Kenya suka kammala 1 × 2, Atsede ya kasance na shida a gasar. Domin gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta 2008
, ta jagoranci tawagar 'yan matan Habasha. Duk da haka,' yan uwanta uku sun doke ta kuma matsayinta na takwas ya bar ta daga lambobin mutum da na kungiya. Ta dauki bakuncin abokan hamayyarta biyu na kasa (Aselefech Mergia da Getanesh Getanah) a Delhi Half Marathon a watan Nuwamba amma kuma ta gama a bayansu, kodayake lokacinta na 1:09:37 ya isa na hudu. Ta rufe shekara tare da kammala na uku a taron Bahir Dar Cross Country.