#include "bits/stdc++.h"

using namespace std;

using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;

const int INF = (1 << 30) - 1;
const ll INF64 = ((ll)1 << 62) - 1;
const double PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795;

const int dx[] = { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
const int dy[] = { -1, 0, 1, 0 };

int gcd(int x, int y) { return y ? gcd(y, x % y) : x; }
ll gcd(ll x, ll y) { return y ? gcd(y, x % y) : x; }
int lcm(int x, int y) { return x / gcd(x, y) * y; }
ll lcm(ll x, ll y) { return x / gcd(x, y) * y; }

int main() {
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(0);

	int n;
	cin >> n;

	vector<int> v(n);
	for (auto& el : v) {
		cin >> el;
	}

	vector<int> dp(n + 1);
	dp[1] = v[0];
	for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
		dp[i] = max(dp[i - 2] + v[i - 1], dp[i - 1]);
	}

	cout << dp[n] << endl;
	return 0;
}