#ifndef _GLIBCXX_NO_ASSERT
#include <cassert>
#endif
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdalign>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#endif
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#endif
#define y0 qvya13579
#define y1 qvyb24680
#define j0 qvja13579
#define j1 qvjb24680
#define next qvne13579xt
#define prev qvpr13579ev
#define INF 1000000007
#define MOD 1000000007
#define endl "\n"
#define PI acos(-1.0)
#define IOS   \
  cin.tie(0); \
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false)
#if __cplusplus < 201103L
#define stoi(argument_string) atoi((argument_string).c_str())
#define stoll(argument_string) atoll((argument_string).c_str())
#endif
#define REP(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (int)(n); ++i)
#define REP_R(i, n) for (int i = ((int)(n)-1); i >= 0; --i)
#define FOR(i, m, n) for (int i = ((int)(m)); i < (int)(n); ++i)
#define FOR_R(i, m, n) for (int i = ((int)(m)-1); i >= (int)(n); --i)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define RALL(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define SIZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define CIN(x) cin >> (x)
#define CIN2(x, y) cin >> (x) >> (y)
#define CIN3(x, y, z) cin >> (x) >> (y) >> (z)
#define CIN4(x, y, z, w) cin >> (x) >> (y) >> (z) >> (w)
#define CIN5(x, y, z, w, u) cin >> (x) >> (y) >> (z) >> (w) >> (u)
#define SCAND(x) scanf("%d", &(x))
#define SCAND2(x, y) scanf("%d%d", &(x), &(y))
#define SCAND3(x, y, z) scanf("%d%d%d", &(x), &(y), &(z))
#define SCAND4(x, y, z, w) scanf("%d%d%d%d", &(x), &(y), &(z), &(w))
#define SCAND5(x, y, z, w, u) scanf("%d%d%d%d%d", &(x), &(y), &(z), &(w), &(u))
#define SCANLLD(x) scanf("%lld", &(x))
#define SCANLLD2(x, y) scanf("%lld%lld", &(x), &(y))
#define SCANLLD3(x, y, z) scanf("%lld%lld%lld", &(x), &(y), &(z))
#define SCANLLD4(x, y, z, w) scanf("%lld%lld%lld%lld", &(x), &(y), &(z), &(w))
#define SCANLLD5(x, y, z, w, u) scanf("%lld%lld%lld%lld%lld", &(x), &(y), &(z), &(w), &(u))
#define PRINTD(x) printf("%d\n", (x))
#define PRINTLLD(x) printf("%lld\n", (x))
#define DEBUG(argument) cerr << (#argument) << " : " << (argument) << "\n"
typedef long long lli;
typedef unsigned long long ulli;
using namespace std;

int ctoi(char c)
{
  if (c >= '0' and c <= '9')
  {
    return (int)(c - '0');
  }

  return -1;
}

int alphabet_pos(char c)
{
  if (c >= 'a' and c <= 'z')
  {
    return (int)(c - 'a');
  }

  return -1;
}

int alphabet_pos_capital(char c)
{
  if (c >= 'A' and c <= 'Z')
  {
    return (int)(c - 'A');
  }

  return -1;
}

vector<string> split(string str, char ch)
{
  int first = 0;
  int last = str.find_first_of(ch);

  if (last == string::npos)
  {
    last = SIZ(str);
  }

  vector<string> result;

  while (first < SIZ(str))
  {
    string Ssubstr(str, first, last - first);
    result.push_back(Ssubstr);
    first = last + 1;
    last = str.find_first_of(ch, first);

    if (last == string::npos)
    {
      last = SIZ(str);
    }
  }

  return result;
}

int gcd(int a, int b) // assuming a,b >= 1
{
  if (a < b)
  {
    swap(a, b);
  }

  if (b == 0)
  {
    return a;
  }

  if (a % b == 0)
  {
    return b;
  }

  return gcd(b, a % b);
}

long long gcd(long long a, long long b) // assuming a,b >= 1
{
  if (a < b)
  {
    swap(a, b);
  }

  if (b == 0LL)
  {
    return a;
  }

  if (a % b == 0)
  {
    return b;
  }

  return gcd(b, a % b);
}

int lcm(int a, int b) // assuming a,b >= 1
{
  return a * b / gcd(a, b);
}

long long lcm(long long a, long long b) // assuming a,b >= 1
{
  return a * b / gcd(a, b);
}

long long pow_fast(long long x, long long n_power, long long modulus)
{

  if (n_power == 0)
  {
    return 1;
  }

  if (n_power % 2 == 0)
  {
    return pow_fast(x * x % modulus, n_power / 2, modulus);
  }

  return x * pow_fast(x, n_power - 1, modulus) % modulus;
}

struct CombinationTable
{
  vector<vector<long long>> val;

  CombinationTable(int size) : val(size + 1, vector<long long>(size + 1)) //constructor
  {
    for (int i = 0; i <= size; ++i) // note that 0 <= i <= size
    {

      for (int j = 0; j <= i; ++j)
      {

        if (j == 0 or j == i)
        {
          val[i][j] = 1LL;
        }
        else
        {
          val[i][j] = val[i - 1][j - 1] + val[i - 1][j];
        }
      }
    }
  }
};

void print_vector(vector<int> h, bool verbose = true)
{
  int L = h.size();

  for (int i = 0; i < L; ++i)
  {
    if (verbose)
    {
      printf("%d", h[i]);
    }
    else
    {
      cerr << h[i];
    }

    if (i != L - 1)
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf(" ");
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << " ";
      }
    }
    else
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf("\n");
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << "\n";
      }
    }
  }
}

void print_vector(vector<long long> h, bool verbose = true)
{
  int L = h.size();

  for (int i = 0; i < L; ++i)
  {
    if (verbose)
    {
      printf("%lld", h[i]);
    }
    else
    {
      cerr << h[i];
    }

    if (i != L - 1)
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf(" ");
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << " ";
      }
    }
    else
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf("\n");
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << "\n";
      }
    }
  }
}

void print_matrix2D(vector<vector<int>> h, bool verbose = true)
{
  int Ly = h.size();

  for (int i = 0; i < Ly; ++i)
  {
    int Lx = h[i].size();
    for (int j = 0; j < Lx; ++j)
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf("%d", h[i][j]);
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << h[i][j];
      }

      if (j != Lx - 1)
      {
        if (verbose)
        {
          printf(" ");
        }
        else
        {
          cerr << " ";
        }
      }
      else
      {
        if (verbose)
        {
          printf("\n");
        }
        else
        {
          cerr << "\n";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

void print_matrix2D(vector<vector<long long>> h, bool verbose = true)
{
  int Ly = h.size();

  for (int i = 0; i < Ly; ++i)
  {
    int Lx = h[i].size();
    for (int j = 0; j < Lx; ++j)
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf("%lld", h[i][j]);
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << h[i][j];
      }

      if (j != Lx - 1)
      {
        if (verbose)
        {
          printf(" ");
        }
        else
        {
          cerr << " ";
        }
      }
      else
      {
        if (verbose)
        {
          printf("\n");
        }
        else
        {
          cerr << "\n";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

void print_matrix2D(vector<string> h, bool verbose = true)
{
  int Ly = h.size();

  for (int i = 0; i < Ly; ++i)
  {
    int Lx = h[i].size();
    for (int j = 0; j < Lx; ++j)
    {
      if (verbose)
      {
        printf("%c", h[i][j]);
      }
      else
      {
        cerr << h[i][j];
      }
    }

    if (verbose)
    {
      printf("\n");
    }
    else
    {
      cerr << "\n";
    }
  }
}

void print_binary(int val, int num_digit = 31, bool verbose = false)
{
  for (int k = num_digit - 1; k >= 0; --k)
  {
    if (verbose)
    {
      printf("%d", (val >> k) & 1);
    }
    else
    {
      cerr << ((val >> k) & 1);
    }
  }

  if (verbose)
  {
    printf("\n");
  }
  else
  {
    cerr << "\n";
  }
}

void print_binary(long long val, int num_digit = 63, bool verbose = false)
{
  for (int k = num_digit - 1; k >= 0; --k)
  {
    if (verbose)
    {
      printf("%lld", ((val >> k) & 1));
    }
    else
    {
      cerr << ((val >> k) & 1);
    }
  }

  if (verbose)
  {
    printf("\n");
  }
  else
  {
    cerr << "\n";
  }
}

struct UnionFind //size-based
{
  vector<int> parent, treesize;

  UnionFind(int size) : parent(size), treesize(size, 1) //constructor
  {
    for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
    {
      parent[i] = i;
    }
  }

  int root(int x)
  {
    if (parent[x] == x)
    {
      return x;
    }

    return parent[x] = root(parent[x]);
  }

  void unite(int x, int y)
  {
    x = root(x);
    y = root(y);

    if (x == y)
    {
      return;
    }

    if (treesize[x] < treesize[y])
    {
      parent[x] = y;
      treesize[y] += treesize[x];
    }
    else
    {
      parent[y] = x;
      treesize[x] += treesize[y];
    }
  }

  bool sametree(int x, int y)
  {
    return root(x) == root(y);
  }

  int gettreesize(int x)
  {
    return treesize[root(x)];
  }
};

template <typename Type_value>
struct SegmentTree //Range Minimum Query (RMQ)
{

private:
  int n;
  vector<Type_value> node;
  Type_value identity_element_segmenttree;

public:
  SegmentTree(vector<Type_value> v, Type_value identity_element_st) //constructor
  {
    int sz = v.size();
    identity_element_segmenttree = identity_element_st;
    n = 1;
    while (n < sz)
    {
      n <<= 1;
    }

    node.resize(2 * n - 1, identity_element_segmenttree);

    for (int i = 0; i < sz; ++i)
    {
      node[i + n - 1] = v[i];
    }

    for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; --i)
    {
      node[i] = min(node[2 * i + 1], node[2 * i + 2]);
    }
  }

  void update(int x, Type_value val)
  {
    x += (n - 1);
    node[x] = val;

    while (x > 0)
    {
      x = (x - 1) / 2;
      node[x] = min(node[2 * x + 1], node[2 * x + 2]);
    }
  }

  Type_value getmin(int a, int b, int k = 0, int l = 0, int r = -1) //getting minimum value in [a,b)
  {
    // k : index of the referred node
    // [l,r) : range covered by the k-th node

    if (r < 0)
    {
      r = n;
    }
    if (r <= a or b <= l)
    {
      return identity_element_segmenttree;
    }
    if (a <= l and r <= b)
    {
      return node[k];
    }

    Type_value vl = getmin(a, b, 2 * k + 1, l, (l + r) / 2);
    Type_value vr = getmin(a, b, 2 * k + 2, (l + r) / 2, r);
    return min(vl, vr);
  }
};

template <typename Type_value>
struct BinaryIndexedTree //Range Sum Query (RSQ), 0-indexed
{

private:
  int size_;
  vector<Type_value> data;

public:
  BinaryIndexedTree(int sz, Type_value identity_element_binaryindexedtree = 0.0) // constructor
  {
    size_ = sz;
    data.resize(sz + 1, identity_element_binaryindexedtree);
  }

  Type_value sum(int i) //sum within [0,i)
  {
    if (i <= 0)
    {
      return (Type_value)0.0;
    }

    if (i > size_)
    {
      i = size_;
    }

    Type_value sm = 0.0;
    while (i > 0)
    {
      sm += data[i];
      i -= i & -i;
    }

    return sm;
  }

  void add(int i, Type_value x)
  {
    if (i < 0 or i >= size_)
    {
      return;
    }
    ++i;
    while (i <= size_)
    {
      data[i] += x;
      i += i & -i;
    }
  }
};

struct RollingHash
{

  /*
    10 primes near 1e9(for other mod(s)):
    {
    1000000007,
    1000000009,
    1000000021,
    1000000033,
    1000000087,
    1000000093,
    1000000097,
    1000000103,
    1000000123,
    1000000181
    }

    10 primes near 1e5(for other base(s)):
    {100003,
    100019,
    100043,
    100049,
    100057,
    100069,
    100103,
    100109,
    100129,
    100151}
  */

private:
  vector<unsigned long long> hash;
  vector<unsigned long long> base_pow;
  unsigned long long base, modulus;

  const unsigned long long MODULUS_DEFAULT = (1ULL << 61) - 1;
  const unsigned long long MASK30 = (1ULL << 30) - 1;
  const unsigned long long MASK31 = (1ULL << 31) - 1;
  const unsigned long long BASE_MIN = 1e7;

  unsigned long long Modulus_2pow61m1(unsigned long long val)
  {
    val = (val & MODULUS_DEFAULT) + (val >> 61);

    if (MODULUS_DEFAULT < val)
    {
      val -= MODULUS_DEFAULT;
    }

    return val;
  }

  unsigned long long Multiple_2pow61m1(unsigned long long a, unsigned long long b)
  {
    unsigned long long au = a >> 31;
    unsigned long long ad = a & MASK31;
    unsigned long long bu = b >> 31;
    unsigned long long bd = b & MASK31;

    unsigned long long mid = ad * bu + au * bd;
    unsigned long long midu = mid >> 30;
    unsigned long long midd = mid & MASK30;

    return Modulus_2pow61m1(((au * bu) << 1) + midu + (midd << 31) + ad * bd);
  }

  void initialize(string &S)
  {
    int N = S.size();
    vector<int> s(N);
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
    {
      s[i] = S[i];
    }

    initialize(s);
  }

  void initialize(vector<int> &S)
  {
    hash.resize(S.size() + 1);
    base_pow.resize(S.size() + 1);
    hash[0] = 0;
    base_pow[0] = 1;

    if (modulus == MODULUS_DEFAULT)
    {
      for (int i = 1; i <= S.size(); ++i)
      {
        hash[i] = Modulus_2pow61m1(Multiple_2pow61m1(hash[i - 1], base) + S[i - 1]);
        base_pow[i] = Multiple_2pow61m1(base_pow[i - 1], base);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      for (int i = 1; i <= S.size(); ++i)
      {
        hash[i] = (hash[i - 1] * base + S[i - 1]) % modulus;
        base_pow[i] = (base_pow[i - 1] * base) % modulus;
      }
    }
  }

public:
  RollingHash(string S = "", unsigned long long base_ = 0, unsigned long long modulus_ = 0)
  {
    if (0 < modulus_)
    {
      modulus = modulus_;
    }
    else
    {
      modulus = MODULUS_DEFAULT;
    }

    if (0 < base_)
    {
      base = base_;
    }
    else
    {
      mt19937_64 mt64(static_cast<unsigned int>(time(nullptr)));
      uniform_int_distribution<unsigned long long> rand_uniform(BASE_MIN, modulus - BASE_MIN);
      base = rand_uniform(mt64);
    }

    if (S.size() > 0)
    {
      initialize(S);
    }
  }

  // 0-indexed, [a, b)
  unsigned long long between(int a, int b)
  {
    if (modulus == MODULUS_DEFAULT)
    {
      return Modulus_2pow61m1(modulus + hash[b] - Multiple_2pow61m1(hash[a], base_pow[b - a]));
    }

    return (modulus + hash[b] - (hash[a] * base_pow[b - a]) % modulus) % modulus;
  }
};

/*------------------ the end of the template -----------------------*/

signed main()
{
  IOS; /* making cin faster */
  const lli LINF = 1e16;
  int N;
  SCAND(N);
  vector<lli> a(N);
  REP(i, N)
  {
    SCANLLD(a[i]);
  }

  int L = (N >> 1);

  if ((N & 1) == 0)
  {
    lli dp[100001][2];
    dp[0][0] = 0;
    dp[0][1] = -LINF;

    FOR(i, 1, L + 1)
    {
      int idl = (i << 1) - 2;
      int idr = idl + 1;

      dp[i][0] = dp[i - 1][0] + a[idl];
      dp[i][1] = max(dp[i - 1][0], dp[i - 1][1]) + a[idr];
    }

    PRINTLLD(max(dp[L][0], dp[L][1]));
  }
  else
  {
    ++L;
    ++N;
    a.push_back(-LINF);

    lli dp[100001][2][2];
    dp[0][0][0] = 0;
    dp[0][0][1] = -LINF;
    dp[0][1][0] = -LINF;
    dp[0][1][1] = -LINF;

    FOR(i, 1, L + 1)
    {
      int idl = (i << 1) - 2;
      int idr = idl + 1;

      dp[i][0][0] = dp[i - 1][0][0] + a[idl];
      dp[i][0][1] = max(dp[i - 1][0][0], dp[i - 1][0][1]) + a[idr];
      dp[i][1][0] = max({dp[i - 1][1][0] + a[idl], dp[i - 1][0][0], dp[i - 1][0][1]});
      dp[i][1][1] = max(dp[i - 1][1][0], dp[i - 1][1][1]) + a[idr];
    }

    PRINTLLD(max(dp[L][1][0], dp[L][1][1]));
  }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 7884