def larger(xl, yl): if xl[0] > yl[0]: return xl else: return yl N = int(raw_input()) v = map(int, raw_input().split()) sushi = [[0, -1], [v[0], 0]] for i in range(1, N): if sushi[i][1] == i-1: sushi.append(larger([sushi[i-1][0]+v[i], i], sushi[i])) else: sushi.append(larger([sushi[i-1][0]+v[i], i], [sushi[i][0]+v[i], i])) print sushi[N][0]