import sys
input = sys.stdin.readline
N = int(input())
wine = []
dp = [0]*100000
for _ in range(N):
wine.append(int(input()))
if N>2:
dp[0] = (wine[0])
dp[1] = (wine[1]+ wine[0])
dp[2] = (max(wine[2]+wine[0],wine[2]+wine[1],dp[1]))
for i in range(3,N):
dp[i] = (max(wine[i]+dp[i-2],wine[i]+wine[i-1]+dp[i-3],dp[i-1]))
elif N==2:
dp[0] = (wine[0])
dp[1] = (wine[1]+ wine[0])
elif N ==1 :
dp[0] = wine[0]
print(max(dp))