import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.math.BigInteger;

public class Main{

static PrintWriter out;
static InputReader ir;

static void solve(){
 int n=ir.nextInt();
 int m=n>>>1;
 int[] a=ir.nextIntArray(n-1);
 int[][][] dp=new int[2][m+1][2];
 for(int i=n-1;i>=0;i--){
  int now=i&1;
  int next=now^1;
  for(int j=0;j<m+1;j++) Arrays.fill(dp[now][j],1<<29);
  for(int j=0;j<m+1;j++){
   for(int k=0;k<2;k++){
    if(i==n-1){
     if(j==m) dp[now][j][k]=0;
    }
    else{
     if(k==0){
      if(j!=m) dp[now][j][k]=Math.min(dp[now][j][k],dp[next][j+1][k]);
      dp[now][j][k]=Math.min(dp[now][j][k],dp[next][j][k^1]+a[i]);
     }
     else{
      dp[now][j][k]=Math.min(dp[now][j][k],dp[next][j][k]);
      if(j!=m) dp[now][j][k]=Math.min(dp[now][j][k],dp[next][j+1][k^1]+a[i]);
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
 out.println(Math.min(dp[0][1][0],dp[0][0][1]));
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
 ir=new InputReader(System.in);
 out=new PrintWriter(System.out);
 solve();
 out.flush();
}

static class InputReader {
 private InputStream in;
 private byte[] buffer=new byte[1024];
 private int curbuf;
 private int lenbuf;

 public InputReader(InputStream in) {this.in=in; this.curbuf=this.lenbuf=0;}
 
 public boolean hasNextByte() {
  if(curbuf>=lenbuf){
   curbuf= 0;
   try{
    lenbuf=in.read(buffer);
   }catch(IOException e) {
    throw new InputMismatchException();
   }
   if(lenbuf<=0) return false;
  }
  return true;
 }

 private int readByte(){if(hasNextByte()) return buffer[curbuf++]; else return -1;}
 
 private boolean isSpaceChar(int c){return !(c>=33&&c<=126);}
 
 private void skip(){while(hasNextByte()&&isSpaceChar(buffer[curbuf])) curbuf++;}
 
 public boolean hasNext(){skip(); return hasNextByte();}
 
 public String next(){
  if(!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
  StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
  int b=readByte();
  while(!isSpaceChar(b)){
   sb.appendCodePoint(b);
   b=readByte();
  }
  return sb.toString();
 }
 
 public int nextInt() {
  if(!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
  int c=readByte();
  while (isSpaceChar(c)) c=readByte();
  boolean minus=false;
  if (c=='-') {
   minus=true;
   c=readByte();
  }
  int res=0;
  do{
   if(c<'0'||c>'9') throw new InputMismatchException();
   res=res*10+c-'0';
   c=readByte();
  }while(!isSpaceChar(c));
  return (minus)?-res:res;
 }
 
 public long nextLong() {
  if(!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
  int c=readByte();
  while (isSpaceChar(c)) c=readByte();
  boolean minus=false;
  if (c=='-') {
   minus=true;
   c=readByte();
  }
  long res = 0;
  do{
   if(c<'0'||c>'9') throw new InputMismatchException();
   res=res*10+c-'0';
   c=readByte();
  }while(!isSpaceChar(c));
  return (minus)?-res:res;
 }

 public double nextDouble(){return Double.parseDouble(next());}

 public int[] nextIntArray(int n){
  int[] a=new int[n];
  for(int i=0;i<n;i++) a[i]=nextInt();
  return a;
 }

 public long[] nextLongArray(int n){
  long[] a=new long[n];
  for(int i=0;i<n;i++) a[i]=nextLong();
  return a;
 }

 public char[][] nextCharMap(int n,int m){
  char[][] map=new char[n][m];
  for(int i=0;i<n;i++) map[i]=next().toCharArray();
  return map;
 }
}
}

Measured memory_bytes: 27588