#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<vector>
#include<stack>
#include <cmath>
#include <limits>
#include<set>
#include <iomanip>
#include <queue>
#include <string>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
const long long INF=200000000000000;
double pi=3.141592653589793;

const int MOD = 1000000007;

long long gcd(long long a,long long b){
	if(a<b)swap(a,b);
	if(a%b==0)return b;
	return gcd(a%b,b);
}

long long lcm(long long a,long long b){
	return a/gcd(a,b)*b;
}
long myPow(long long x, long long n, long long m=MOD){
  if(n == 0)
    return 1;
  if(n % 2 == 0)
    return myPow(x * x % m, n / 2, m);
  else
    return x * myPow(x, n - 1, m) % m;
}

ll N;
vector<double>p(3002);
vector<vector<double>>memo(3002,vector<double>(3002,-1));
double f(double i,double j){
	if(memo[i][j]!=-1)return memo[i][j];
	if(i==0){
		if(j==0)return 1;
		else return 0;
	}
	return memo[i][j]=(1-p[i-1])*f(i-1,j)+p[i-1]*f(i-1,j-1);
}

int main(){
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	ll N;
	cin>>N;
	vector<ll>A(N);
	ll ans=0;
	for(int i=0;i<N;i++)cin>>A[i];
	
	A.push_back(-1);
	for(int i=0;i<N;i++){
		if(A[i]!=A[i+1])i++;
		ans++;
	}
	cout<<ans<<endl;
}