#include <iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
int main() {
ll n;
cin >> n;
vector<ll>a(n);
vector<ll>dp(n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)cin >> a[i];
dp[0] = 0;
dp[1] = 0;
if (n < 3) {
cout << 0;
return 0;
}
dp[2] = a[1];
if (n < 4) {
cout << dp[n-1];
return 0;
}
dp[3] = max(dp[2], a[2]);
if (n < 5) {
cout << dp[n-1];
return 0;
}
dp[4] = max(dp[3], a[3]);
if (n < 6) {
cout << dp[n-1];
return 0;
}
for (int i = 5; i < n; i++) {
dp[i] = max(dp[i - 1], dp[i - 3] + a[i - 1]);
}
cout << dp[n - 1] << endl;
return 0;
}