#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
using namespace std;

#define rep(i,n) for(long long i = 0; i < (long long)(n); i++)
#define repi(i,a,b) for(long long i = (long long)(a); i < (long long)(b); i++)
#define pb push_back
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define fi first
#define se second
#define mt make_tuple
#define mp make_pair
template<class T1, class T2> bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) { return b < a && (a = b, true); }
template<class T1, class T2> bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a < b && (a = b, true); }

using ll = long long; using vll = vector<ll>; using vvll = vector<vll>; using P = pair<ll, ll>;
using ld = long double;  using vld = vector<ld>; 
using vi = vector<int>; using vvi = vector<vi>; vll conv(vi& v) { vll r(v.size()); rep(i, v.size()) r[i] = v[i]; return r; }

inline void input(int &v){ v=0;char c=0;int p=1; while(c<'0' || c>'9'){if(c=='-')p=-1;c=getchar();} while(c>='0' && c<='9'){v=(v<<3)+(v<<1)+c-'0';c=getchar();} v*=p; } // これを使うならば、tieとかを消して！！
template <typename T, typename U> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const pair<T, U> &v) {  o << "(" << v.first << ", " << v.second << ")"; return o; }
template<size_t...> struct seq{}; template<size_t N, size_t... Is> struct gen_seq : gen_seq<N-1, N-1, Is...>{}; template<size_t... Is> struct gen_seq<0, Is...> : seq<Is...>{};
template<class Ch, class Tr, class Tuple, size_t... Is>
void print_tuple(basic_ostream<Ch,Tr>& os, Tuple const& t, seq<Is...>){ using s = int[]; (void)s{0, (void(os << (Is == 0? "" : ", ") << get<Is>(t)), 0)...}; }
template<class Ch, class Tr, class... Args> 
auto operator<<(basic_ostream<Ch, Tr>& os, tuple<Args...> const& t) -> basic_ostream<Ch, Tr>& { os << "("; print_tuple(os, t, gen_seq<sizeof...(Args)>()); return os << ")"; }
ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const vvll &v) { rep(i, v.size()) { rep(j, v[i].size()) o << v[i][j] << " "; o << endl; } return o; }
template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const vector<T> &v) { o << '['; rep(i, v.size()) o << v[i] << (i != v.size()-1 ? ", " : ""); o << "]";  return o; }
template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const deque<T> &v) { o << '['; rep(i, v.size()) o << v[i] << (i != v.size()-1 ? ", " : ""); o << "]";  return o; }
template <typename T>  ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const set<T> &m) { o << '['; for (auto it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); it++) o << *it << (next(it) != m.end() ? ", " : ""); o << "]";  return o; }
template <typename T>  ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const unordered_set<T> &m) { o << '['; for (auto it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); it++) o << *it << (next(it) != m.end() ? ", " : ""); o << "]";  return o; }
template <typename T, typename U>  ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const map<T, U> &m) { o << '['; for (auto it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); it++) o << *it << (next(it) != m.end() ? ", " : ""); o << "]";  return o; }
template <typename T, typename U, typename V>  ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const unordered_map<T, U, V> &m) { o << '['; for (auto it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); it++) o << *it; o << "]";  return o; }
vector<int> range(const int x, const int y) { vector<int> v(y - x + 1); iota(v.begin(), v.end(), x); return v; }
template <typename T> istream& operator>>(istream& i, vector<T>& o) { rep(j, o.size()) i >> o[j]; return i;}
template <typename T, typename S, typename U> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const priority_queue<T, S, U> &v) { auto tmp = v; while (tmp.size()) { auto x = tmp.top(); tmp.pop(); o << x << " ";} return o; }
template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const queue<T> &v) { auto tmp = v; while (tmp.size()) { auto x = tmp.front(); tmp.pop(); o << x << " ";} return o; }
template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, const stack<T> &v) { auto tmp = v; while (tmp.size()) { auto x = tmp.top(); tmp.pop(); o << x << " ";} return o; }
template <typename T> unordered_map<T, ll> counter(vector<T> vec){unordered_map<T, ll> ret; for (auto&& x : vec) ret[x]++; return ret;};
string substr(string s, P x) {return s.substr(x.fi, x.se - x.fi); }
void vizGraph(vvll& g, int mode = 0, string filename = "out.png") { ofstream ofs("./out.dot"); ofs << "digraph graph_name {" << endl; set<P> memo; rep(i, g.size())  rep(j, g[i].size()) { if (mode && (memo.count(P(i, g[i][j])) || memo.count(P(g[i][j], i)))) continue; memo.insert(P(i, g[i][j])); ofs << "    " << i << " -> " << g[i][j] << (mode ? " [arrowhead = none]" : "")<< endl;  } ofs << "}" << endl; ofs.close(); system(((string)"dot -T png out.dot >" + filename).c_str()); }
size_t random_seed; namespace std { using argument_type = P; template<> struct hash<argument_type> { size_t operator()(argument_type const& x) const { size_t seed = random_seed; seed ^= hash<ll>{}(x.fi); seed ^= (hash<ll>{}(x.se) << 1); return seed; } }; }; // hash for various class
struct timeval start; double sec() { struct timeval tv; gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); return (tv.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) + (tv.tv_usec - start.tv_usec) * 1e-6; }
struct init_{init_(){ ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); gettimeofday(&start, NULL); struct timeval myTime; struct tm *time_st; gettimeofday(&myTime, NULL); time_st = localtime(&myTime.tv_sec); srand(myTime.tv_usec); random_seed = RAND_MAX / 2 + rand() / 2; }} init__;
#define ldout fixed << setprecision(40) 

#define EPS (double)1e-14
#define INF (ll)1e18
#define mo  (ll)(1e9+7)

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> data;
    UnionFind(int size) : data(size, -1) { }
    // x, yをマージ, O(A^-1)
    bool unite(int x, int y) {
        x = root(x); y = root(y);
        if (x != y) {
            if (data[y] < data[x]) swap(x, y);
            data[x] += data[y]; data[y] = x;
        }
        return x != y;
    }
    // x, yが同じ集合なら1, O(A^-1)
    bool find(int x, int y) {
        return root(x) == root(y);
    }
    // xの根を探す。同じ集合なら同じ根が帰る, O(A^-1)
    int root(int x) {
        return data[x] < 0 ? x : data[x] = root(data[x]);
    }
    // xが含まれる集合の大きさを返す, O(A^-1)
    int size(int x) {
        return -data[root(x)];
    }
    // 分離されている集合の数を返す, O(n)
    int getSetNum(void) {
        unordered_map<int, int> c;
        rep(i, data.size()) {
            c[root(i)]++;
        }
        return c.size();
    }
    // 頂点vと連結な集合を返す, O(n)
    vector<int> getContainingSet(int v) {
        vector<int> ret;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++) 
            if (root(i) == root(v))
                ret.push_back(i);
        return ret;
    }

    // 集合ごとに全部の要素を出力, O(n)
    vector<vector<int>> getUnionList(void) {
        map<int, vector<int>> c;
        for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++) 
            c[root(i)].pb(i);
        vector<vector<int>> v;
        for (auto x : c) 
            v.push_back(x.second);
        return v;
    }
};
ostream &operator<<(ostream &o, struct UnionFind v) {  v.getUnionList(); int i = 0; for (auto x : v.getUnionList()) { o << i << "\t"; for (auto y : x) o << y << " "; o << endl; i++;} return o; }


int main(void) {
    ll n; cin >> n;
    vll a(n); cin >> a;
    UnionFind uf(n);
    rep(i, n-1) {
        if (a[i] == a[i+1]) {
            uf.unite(i, i+1);
        }
    }
    auto s = uf.getUnionList();
    ll ret = 0;
    for (auto&& x : s) {
        ret += x.size()/2;
    }
    cout << ret << endl;

    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 384