#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int N = 2 * 100010;
int a[N], f[N];

int main() {
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) cin >> a[i];
    f[1] = a[1];
    for(int i = 2; i <= n; i ++){
        f[i] = max(f[i - 2] + a[i], f[i - 1]);
    }
    cout << f[n] << endl;
}