using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using static System.Math;

namespace CSharp
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ReadInt(out var n);
            var A = ReadLongArray();
            long ans = Solve(A, 0, 0, new long?[A.Length + 5, 5]);
            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }

        static long Solve(long[] A, int index, int skip, long?[,] memo)
        {
            if (index + (1 + A.Length % 2 - skip) >= A.Length)
            {
                return 0;
            }

            if (memo[index, skip].HasValue)
            {
                return memo[index, skip].GetValueOrDefault();
            }

            long ans = Solve(A, index + 2, skip, memo) + A[index];
            if (skip < 1 + A.Length % 2)
            {
                ans = Max(ans, Solve(A, index + 1, skip + 1, memo));
            }

            return (memo[index, skip] = ans).GetValueOrDefault();
        }

        #region Helpers

        static int[] ReadIntArray() => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(s => int.Parse(s)).ToArray();
        static long[] ReadLongArray() => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(s => long.Parse(s)).ToArray();

        static int[] ReadLineIntArray(int count) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, count).Select(_ => int.Parse(Console.ReadLine())).ToArray();
        static long[] ReadLineLongArray(int count) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, count).Select(_ => long.Parse(Console.ReadLine())).ToArray();

        static string ReadString() => Console.ReadLine();
        static int ReadInt() => int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
        static long ReadLong() => long.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

        static void ReadInt(out int first)
        {
            var array = ReadIntArray();
            first = array[0];
        }

        static void ReadInt(out int first, out int second)
        {
            var array = ReadIntArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
        }

        static void ReadInt(out int first, out int second, out int third)
        {
            var array = ReadIntArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
            third = array[2];
        }

        static void ReadInt(out int first, out int second, out int third, out int fourth)
        {
            var array = ReadIntArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
            third = array[2];
            fourth = array[3];
        }

        static void ReadLong(out long first)
        {
            var array = ReadLongArray();
            first = array[0];
        }

        static void ReadLong(out long first, out long second)
        {
            var array = ReadLongArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
        }

        static void ReadLong(out long first, out long second, out long third)
        {
            var array = ReadLongArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
            third = array[2];
        }

        static void ReadLong(out long first, out long second, out long third, out long fourth)
        {
            var array = ReadLongArray();
            first = array[0];
            second = array[1];
            third = array[2];
            fourth = array[3];
        }

        static string YesNo(bool condition) => condition ? "Yes" : "No";
        static string YESNO(bool condition) => condition ? "YES" : "NO";

        #endregion
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 71248