#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#include  <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include<math.h>
#include<iomanip>
#include<stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include <queue>
#include<map>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include<set>
#include<stack>
#include<time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <tuple>
#include <numeric>
#include <iterator>

typedef long long int ll;
//#include<bits/stdc++.h>


using namespace std;

ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
    if (a < b)swap(a, b);
    if (b == 0)return a;
    return gcd(b, a % b);
}
int lcm(int a, int b) {
    return a * b / gcd(a, b);
}







int main()
{

    int Q;
    Q = 1;
    //cin >> Q;   

    while (Q--) {
                
        int n;
        cin >> n;
        vector<ll>p(n);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)cin >> p[i];
        vector<ll>t(n + 4);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            t[i + 1] = max(t[i], t[i + 1]);
            t[i + 2] = max(t[i + 2], t[i] + p[i]);
        }
        ll ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n+2; i++) {
            ans = max(ans, t[i]);
        }
        cout << ans;
      
    }
        return 0;
}