#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::char::from_digit;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::fs::File;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::prelude::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, Stdin, Stdout, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::mem::swap;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::str::FromStr;

type BoxResult<T> = Result<T, Box<std::error::Error>>;

fn main() {
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(stdin());
    let n = scanner.read::<usize>().unwrap();
    let arr = scanner.read_vector::<i64>().unwrap();
    let mut dp = vec![vec![0; 3]; n];
    dp[0][2] = arr[0];
    dp[1][1] = max(arr[0], arr[1]);
    dp[1][2] = dp[1][1];
    for i in 2..n {
        if i % 2 == 0 {
            dp[i][0] = max(dp[i - 1][2], dp[i - 2][1] + arr[i]);
            dp[i][1] = dp[i][0];
            dp[i][2] = dp[i - 2][2] + arr[i];
        } else {
            dp[i][0] = max(dp[i - 1][1], dp[i - 2][0] + arr[i]);
            dp[i][1] = max(dp[i - 1][2], dp[i - 2][2] + arr[i]);
            dp[i][2] = dp[i][1];
        }
    }
    println!("{}", dp[n - 1][1]);
}

pub struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
    buffer: String,
}
impl<R> Scanner<R>
where
    R: Read,
{
    pub fn new(inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::new(inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::with_capacity(capacity, inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> BoxResult<String> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let cloned = self.buffer.trim().to_string();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(cloned)
    }
    pub fn read<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<T>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed = self.buffer.trim().parse()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed)
    }
    pub fn read_two<T, U>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, U)>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T: Copy,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
        U: FromStr,
        U: Copy,
        U::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        U::Err: std::error::Error,
        U::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let (a, b) = {
            let params = self.buffer.trim().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            let a = params[0].parse()?;
            let b = params[1].parse()?;
            (a, b)
        };
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok((a, b))
    }
    pub fn read_three<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, T, T)>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T: Copy,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let nums = self.read_vector()?;
        Ok((nums[0], nums[1], nums[2]))
    }
    pub fn read_vector<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed_vec = self
            .buffer
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse())
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed_vec)
    }
    pub fn read_matrix<T>(&mut self, lines: u64) -> BoxResult<Vec<Vec<T>>>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: std::fmt::Debug,
        T::Err: std::error::Error,
        T::Err: 'static,
    {
        let mut parsed_matrix = vec![];
        for _ in 0..lines {
            self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
            parsed_matrix.push(
                self.buffer
                    .trim()
                    .split_whitespace()
                    .map(|s| s.parse())
                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
            );
            self.buffer.clear();
        }
        Ok(parsed_matrix)
    }
    pub fn read_chars(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<char>> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let chars = self.buffer.trim().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(chars)
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 16736