#include <fstream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

ifstream cin ("oo.in");
ofstream cout ("oo.out");

int main () {
  
  int n;
  cin >> n;
 
  vector < int > v (n + 1);
  for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++ i) {
    cin >> v[i];
  }
  
  int aux = v[1];
  for (int i = 1; i < n; ++ i) {
    v[i] += v[i + 1];
  }
  v[n] += aux;

  vector < int > dp (n + 1);
  dp[1] = v[1];
  dp[2] = v[2];
  for (int i = 3; i <= n; ++ i) {
    dp[i] = max (dp[i - 2], dp[i - 3] + v[i]);
  }

  cout << dp[n] << '\n'; 
}