#includ <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int arr[10000];
int main(void)
{
int n, ans = 0;
cin >> n;
for (int i = 0; i < n;i++)
cin >> arr[i];
for (int i = 1; i < n - 1;i++){
if(arr[i - 1] == 1 && arr[i + 1] == 1 && arr[i] == 0){
arr[i + 1] = 0;
ans++;
}
}
cout << ans;
return 0;
}