import sys

def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def list2d(a, b, c): return [[c] * b for i in range(a)]
def list3d(a, b, c, d): return [[[d] * c for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def list4d(a, b, c, d, e): return [[[[e] * d for j in range(c)] for j in range(b)] for i in range(a)]
def ceil(x, y=1): return int(-(-x // y))
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(N=None): return list(MAP()) if N is None else [INT() for i in range(N)]
def Yes(): print('Yes')
def No(): print('No')
def YES(): print('YES')
def NO(): print('NO')
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = 10 ** 18
MOD = 10 ** 9 + 7
EPS = 10 ** -10

def RLE(data):
    """ ランレングス圧縮 """
    from itertools import groupby

    return [(x, len(list(grp))) for x, grp in groupby(data)]

N = INT()
A = LIST()

rle = RLE(A)
M = len(rle)
rle = [(ln, x, i+1) for i, (x, ln) in enumerate(rle)]
rle.sort(reverse=1)
used = [0] * (M+2)
ans = 0
for ln, x, i in rle:
    if not used[i-1] and not used[i+1]:
        ans += ln
        used[i] = 1
print(ans)