import sys

sys.setrecursionlimit(10**6)
int1 = lambda x: int(x)-1
p2D = lambda x: print(*x, sep="\n")
def II(): return int(sys.stdin.buffer.readline())
def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.buffer.readline().split()))
def LI1(): return list(map(int1, sys.stdin.buffer.readline().split()))
def LLI(rows_number): return [LI() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def LLI1(rows_number): return [LI1() for _ in range(rows_number)]
def BI(): return sys.stdin.buffer.readline().rstrip()
def SI(): return sys.stdin.buffer.readline().rstrip().decode()
# dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0)]
dij = [(0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (1, -1), (-1, 1), (-1, -1)]
inf = 10**16
# md = 998244353
md = 10**9+7

n=II()
aa=LI()
cc=[1]
for i in range(1,n):
    if aa[i-1]==aa[i]:
        cc[-1]+=1
    else:
        cc.append(1)

ans=0
mochi=True
for c in cc:
    if mochi:
        ans+=c
        mochi=False
    else:
        if c==1:
            mochi=True
        else:
            ans+=c-1

print(ans)