import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
class Solution {
	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		int N = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
		
		
		
		int[] arr = new int[N+3];
		int[] dp = new int[N+3];  
		
		
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
			arr[i] = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
		}
		
		int temp = 0; 
		
		
		
		
		
		for(int i = 0 ; i <N; i ++) {
			if(i <2) {
				temp+=arr[i];
				dp[i] =temp;
				continue;
			}else if(i == 2 ) {
				dp[i] = Math.max(arr[2]+arr[0],Math.max(arr[0]+arr[1], arr[1]+arr[2]));
				continue;
			}
			dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i-1], Math.max(dp[i-2]+arr[i], dp[i-3]+arr[i]+arr[i-1]));
		}
		
		
		
		int max = 0;  
		for(int i = 0 ; i < N ; i ++) {
			max = max > dp[i] ? max :dp[i];
		}
		System.out.print(max);
	}
}
