import java.io.*;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
int n = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
int[] dp = new int[n+1];
int[] arr = new int[n+1];
for(int i=1; i<=n; i++) {
arr[i] = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
}
dp[1] = arr[1];
if(n>=2) {
dp[2] = arr[1]+arr[2];
}
for(int i=3; i<=n; i++) {
dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i-2], dp[i-3]+arr[i-1]) + arr[i];
}
System.out.println(dp[n]);
}
}