Kammala wannan jumla: Ta sanya hannu don rabin Marathon na Ras Al Khaimah a watan Fabrairun 2008 kuma tseren dabarun ya haifar da Atsede ya yi rikodin lokaci ɗaya da 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. Don da
2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, ta jagoranci tawagar 'yan matan Habasha. Koyaya,' 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.